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Topic: WHAT DID I FIND IN MY HIVE? (Read 2294 times)

I only have 1 hive....It didn't make the winter. I'll be getting a pkg. next Friday, so I went out today to see what kind of mess is left in the hive, and found tiny white dots inside the cells....they are smaller than the rice size eggs that you would find normally, and there's a bunch of them in each cell, almost filling it up. I hope this isn't a big problem....Thanks in advance for any advice. artsie

Did you feed the hive sugar water last fall?Are they the size of crystallized sugar?

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Yes, I did feed them some sugar water from a hive top feeder. And come to think of it during the summer-fall I would walk near the hive and smell vinegar....My husband and kids never noticed it and thought I was crazy, but I could smell it....I never noticed any thing wrong inside the hive, and didn't smell it while inside the hive....I think the honey smell took over then.

So should I put in my new bees with this stuff or replace the foundation in the frames that have it? I know the bees will clean up pretty good themselves, but I don't want to start them out on the wrong foot. artsie

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

Thank you all for getting back to me so fast, and with great info....yes the white stuff did taste sweet ( I was so afraid to taste it, I was gonna bribe one of my kids, but I figured I could handle it). I can't wait to bombard you with all the questions I'll be asking in the near future. Have a great day!!!! artsie

I'm glad the smell is nothing to worry about..........it was awful....like something fermenting. I thought for sure I'd open the hive and find something rotting inside. I can't wait to see if it happens again this year...at least I won't be worried about it now. Is there any sort of smell that could be something serious to worry about? artsie